The Ricky Jay Collection Part II
Sat, Oct 28, 2023 12:00PM EDT
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Lot 3
[ACROBATICS]. Woodcut of a daring somersault over soldiers ...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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[ACROBATICS]?Woodcut of a daring somersault over soldiers in uniforms with rifles and bayonets.?French[?], ca. 18th/19th century. Woodcut on wove paper, depicting a major springing from a platform and somersaulting over 20 soldiers with bayonet rifles. 9? ? 17" (image); 14? ? 17?" (sheet). Unsigned; trimmed at left edge, or from one of two sheets. Scattered pale spotting. This image was used as the basis of a Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts movable holiday greeting card in the late 1980s.
